re: How much of Louisiana's economy is dependent on O&G?

I can't speak for NLa but Lafayette all the way down to Houma is fricked. Hell I went to pick up some sausage at a store in Mamou and the owner tol me he's been hit hard already. To not understand that almost everything in that region is supported by O&G in one form or another is just plain ignorant. Pick a restaurant I. Lafayette, any one you choose, and ask how business is going. That goes for movie theaters, clothing stores, you name it. Youngsville will be a ghost town at yrs end if this shite doesn't pick up.

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To not understand that almost everything in that region is supported by O&G in one form or another is just plain ignorant

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It never ceases to amaze me that people seem to think they are insulated from the Oil price crash b/c their job does not directly deal with O&G.

If you're a bar tender, who do you think spends all the money in the bars? If you sell real estate, who do you think buys the houses? If you own a grocery store, who is buying the groceries? On and on and on, and yet these simpletons think their jobs are not tied to the oil field.

If you live in south Louisiana, your job is tied to the oil field whether you like it or not.

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In New Orleans, tourists mainly.

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I understand that tourism is a large part of the NO economy but O&G still has the trickle down effect. O&G companies lay off or move employees, tax base goes down, investors start to bail, city gets more shitty. When you live in a state with one sector with that big of a base in the economy, it affects everything.

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Epic I'm pretty sure that capt was referring to the Acadiana area.

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Yes

I have no idea about New Orleans. I would think they are much more insulated from O&G than we are here.